8vo. 67 leaves, including the half-title; errata list at the end.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Evans 21971.
Ford,
Bibliography of the Constitution, 126.
On the title-page Jefferson has written:
written by D
r. Montgomery.
except the dedication which was by John Nicholas of Albemarle
[.]
M. S. notes by John Nicholas.
The Dedication, signed The Author, is To the Honorable the Assembly of Virginia.
There are several notes and corrections by Nicholas, and one or two by Jefferson.
Evans states that this was attributed by John Adams to John Nicholas, and quotes Jefferson’s note on the title-page of this
copy as to the authorship without mentioning that the handwriting was that of Jefferson. The letters were written to the
Virginia Independent Chronicle
between December 1, 1788, and July 1789.
James Montgomery was a member of the Virginia Convention.
John Nicholas, 1756-1819, represented Albemarle in the Assembly. He was originally a friend of Jefferson, who appointed him to command
the militia which attempted to defend Richmond against Arnold. Later he and Jefferson became estranged.
This tract is an attack on Patrick Henry and the Anti-Federalists in Virginia.
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Plea for the poor souldiers.
4. [WEBSTER,
Pelatiah.]
A Plea for the poor soldiers; or an Essay, to demonstrate that the soldiers and other public creditors, who really and actually
supported the burden of the late war, have not been paid! ought to be paid! can be paid! and must be paid! By a Citizen of
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia: printed by
Francis Bailey,
m,dcc,lxc
. [i.e. 1790.]
First Edition. 8vo. 19 leaves only, lacks the first leaf (probably the half-title); dated at the end from Philadelphia, January
2, 1790.
Halkett and Laing IV, 363.
Sabin 102412.
Evans 23060.
On the title is written in ink:
The Printer, To the hon James Maddison, Esqr.
Other works by Pelatiah Webster appear in this catalogue, q.v.
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Considñs on the reduction of the int. of the public debt.
5.
Fallacy detected, by the evidence of facts; or, Considerations on the impolicy and injustice of a compulsory reduction of
the interest on the publick debt, in a letter to a Member of Congress.
Printed in the year,
m,dcc,xc
. [
Philadelphia, 1790.]
First Edition. 22 leaves.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 23753.
Evans 22496.
On the title-page is the autograph signature of J. Madison.
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Sullivan’s observñs on the gov
(
~m
)t of the U. S.
6. SULLIVAN,
James.
Observations upon the Government of the United States of America. By James Sullivan, Esq. Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston: printed and sold by
Samuel Hall,
mdccxci
. [1791.]
JK171 .S95
First Edition. 8vo. 28 leaves in fours, including the half-title.
Sabin 93501.
Evans 23812.
This pamphlet is no longer in its place in the volume, and was removed before 1849, as it is not in the catalogue of that
year. A copy in the Library of Congress may have been Jefferson’s. It is unbound, in uncut condition, and was an autograph
presentation copy from the author with his inscription on the half-title. The name of the addressee has been torn away.
